17 projects by architect Le Corbusier have been added to the UN Education, Scientific and Cultural Organisation’s (UNESCO) World Heritage list.
UNESCO’s World Heritage list aims to encourage the identification, protection and preservation of cultural and natural heritage around the world considered to be of outstanding value to humanity. This is embodied in an international treaty called the Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage. Places such as the wilds of East Africa’s Serengeti, the Pyramids of Egypt, the Great Barrier Reef in Australia and the Baroque cathedrals of Latin America are included in this list.
Le Corbusier’s 17 projects are spread over seven countries – France, Belgium, India, Japan, Germany, Argentina and Switzerland.
“The inscription on the World Heritage List of 17 buildings of sites by Le Corbusier represents a strong encouragement to continue all along Le Corbusier's built work to maintain this living heritage and to hand it down to future generations,” said Fondation Le Corbusier President Antoine Picon in a statement. “It also contributes to the understanding of that complex and fragile legacy and helps its dissemination to the widest audience.”
List of projects:
Unité d’habitation, Marseille, France
Image: Benedicte Gandini
Maison Guiette, Antwerp, Belgium
Image: VIOE
Capitol Complex, Chandigarh, India
Image: De Zeen Magazine
The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, Japan
Image: Arch Daily
Weissenhof-Siedlung Estate, Stuttgart, Germany
Image: Arch Daily
Maison Curutchet, La Plata, Argentina
Photography by Oliver Martin-Gambier
Dominican Monastery of La Tourette near Lyon, France
Image: Arch Daily
Villa Savoye near Paris, France
Image: De Zeen Magazine
Notre-Dame du Haut, Ronchamp, France
Photography by Paul Kozlowski
Maison La Roche, Paris, France
Photography by Oliver Martin-Gambier
Villa Le Lac, Corseaux, Switzerland
Image: Arch Daily
Cité Frugès, Pessac, France
Image: De Zeen Magazine
Immeuble Clarté, Geneva, Switzerland
Photography by J J De Chambrier
Immeuble Molitor, Paris, France
Image: Arch Daily
Usine Claude et Duval Factory, Saint-Dié, France
Photography by Oliver Martin-Gambier
Cabanon de Le Corbusier, Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France
Image: Zeen Magazine
Maison de la Culture, Firminy, France
Image: De Zeen Magazine
